Cerebras Systems
Large (~700)
Snowflake
Large (~7,000)
Best For
Cerebras Systems
Best for: Hardware and systems engineers who want to build the world's fastest AI chip at a newly public company
Snowflake
Best for: Professionals interested in Snowflake
Ratings
Cerebras SystemsSnowflake
4.0
3.7
Overall
3.8
3.4
Work-Life Balance
4.1
3.8
Culture & Values
4.0
3.7
Comp & Benefits
3.8
3.5
Senior Mgmt
3.8
3.5
Career Opps
👍 80% Recommend
👤 84% CEO Approval (Andrew Feldman)
👍 74% Recommend
👤 78% CEO Approval (CEO)
Culture Values
Cerebras Systems only
🎯 Direct Product Impact
Snowflake only
💎 Strong Comp & Equity🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🌱 Learning & Growth
Pros & Cons
Cerebras Systems
- Collaborative culture with strong mentorship
- Autonomy in small self-managed teams
- Top-down decisions with aggressive timelines
- Recent layoffs and workload concerns
Snowflake
- Massive-scale distributed systems work with top-tier compensation and RSUs
- High technical bar, accessible senior leaders, and real learning opportunities
- Culture shifting under new leadership — holiday cuts and increased performance pressure
- Quarterly planning overhead and oncall load vary significantly by team
Bottom Line
Cerebras Systems
Choose Cerebras if you want to work on wafer-scale AI chips with collaborative mentorship and autonomy — but expect aggressive timelines driven from the top and recent organizational instability post-IPO.
Snowflake
Snowflake — check Glassdoor for detailed reviews.
Open Roles
Cerebras Systems — 93 jobs
💻 Engineering
58
🧠 ML / AI
10
💰 Finance
5
📋 Product
5
📣 Marketing
2
⚙️ Operations
2
🎨 Design
1
⚖️ Legal
1
Snowflake — 419 jobs
💻 Engineering
181
💼 Sales / GTM
93
📣 Marketing
29
📋 Product
22
📊 Data
14
⚖️ Legal
6
⚙️ Operations
6
🧠 ML / AI
5
💰 Finance
3
🎨 Design
2
Summary
Cerebras Systems scores 4.0/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.8 work-life balance rating. Snowflake scores 3.7/5.0 overall with a 3.4 WLB. That’s a 0.3-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven, Learning & Growth. Cerebras Systems also emphasizes Direct Product Impact. Snowflake also emphasizes Strong Comp & Equity, Ship Fast & Iterate.
On the hiring front, Cerebras Systems has 93 open roles and Snowflake has 419 open roles.